Foran, Warriors Thump Cougars

Matt Foran struck out 10 Wednesday, and Lewis-Clark State College supported him with 15 singles and 10 extra-base hits during a 19-1 nonconference baseball win over host Washington State at Bailey Field.

Foran (7-0) walked none and went the distance.

The Warriors, top-ranked in the NAIA poll and 6-0 against WSU this year, won their 21st consecutive game. They are 31-5-1 for the season.

Justin Mentink’s ninth-inning solo home run ended Foran’s shutout bid. WSU (5-31-0) has lost five straight.

Troy Silva finished 5 for 6 and John Davis 4 for 5. Both scored four runs.

Jose Rijo-Berger’s two-run homer in the fourth, his eighth of the year, launched LCSC to an 8-0 lead. Davis had a solo homer in the ninth, when Silva, Tristan Fike, Matt Mason and Gil Pierce doubled.

The Cougars begin a four-game Pac-10 North series at Portland State Friday.

Ferris overcame one of its biggest challenges to date Wednesday by edging visiting Shadle Park 1-0 to run its boys soccer record to 10-0.

Garth Cummings, taking a pass from Abbas Faridnia, scored from 20 yards out to help the Saxons win their second Greater Spokane League match in as many tries. No other GSL team has won all of its matches in regulation.

Four divisions of the AAU girls basketball regional championships will be played in Spokane this weekend.

The 16U, 17U and 18U tournaments are at University High School and the 14U is at East Valley Middle School.

Games begin at 5:30 Friday evening and resume at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Championship games vary.

Other age groups play in Yakima. Winners qualify for nationals.

The Spokane Stars 18U team includes three players of the year, Central Valley’s Crystal Lee, Cascade’s Megan Franza and St. John-Endicott’s Tricia Lamb. The Stars also have 6-foot-3 Angela Wolvert of Mountain View and 6-2 LeAnn Sheets of Tumwater.

The other players include Theresa Palmer and Jennifer Williams of Gonzaga Prep, Jennifer Bennett and Holly Turner of Mead, and Rikki Jackson and Angela Kallas of CV.